<p>What are the best ones at Carleton? Do they have any that are considered weak?</p>
<p>i think carleton is known for the sciences. esp with women.</p>
<p>Besides the sciences, political science is also quite popular. History and English are good. I've heard good things about math and computer science. Geology is amazing.</p>
<p>so...EVERYTHING!! i don't really think you can go wrong with any major at carleton.</p>
<p>If you want to study any of the following, put Carleton at the top of your list: Geology, Physics, Chemistry, International Relations, English (as long as you're not too focused on creative writing). There are other strong departments, too, but I think these stand out.</p>
<p>I'll be the non-cheerleader here and say there are some departments I would not go out of my way to study at Carleton specifically. If you really think you'll major in one of these and are interested in Carleton, be sure you visit and sit in on multiple classes in these departments and talk to majors! Music comes to mind immediately. Theater too. Psychology, while a rather popular major, doesn't seem to be well-loved. American Studies, maybe? Linguistics. Educational Studies. Maybe the Asian languages? Maybe even all the languages besides French?</p>
<p>Computer Science is not as evenly strong a department as the rest of the sciences, too. It's okay, but I'm not sure how it stacks up with the CS departments at similar schools. I wouldn't list it one of Carleton's strongest but there are a couple of fantastic profs.</p>
<p>Thank you dietcokewithlime!</p>
<p>I was just wondering - what is it about the creative writing program that makes you single it out from the English major in general? Is it just weaker?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know much more about the quality of the Spanish program?</p>
<p>The creative writing classes at Carleton are fairly solid, but there are very few of them. It just isn't the focus of the English major there.</p>
<p>Yes, exactly what LACalum said. I think some people enroll at Carleton (or other small schools) planning to be English majors without realizing that they'll have to spend a lot more time on literary theory and analysis than on producing their own creative work.</p>